Hi, On 07 Feb 2007, at 11:05 PM, Patrick Vande Walle wrote:
Danny Younger said the following on 07/02/07 21:23:
We have been pursuing this experiment for four long years during which time the DNS policy-related contributions offered by the ALS organizations has been almost nil.
There seems to be a willingess from ICANN to go forward with the ALAC and RALOs. ICANN has assigned a budget for this. There are new mailing lists, wikis and most importantly staff dedicated to bring this all together. I still believe something useful can come of out this.
I'm very encouraged by all the new efforts of ICANN. There is no doubt that by having more ALS's we have a greater potential. Whilst we have yet to see the outcomes - and we know that some ALS's will be more active than others - the momentum has picked up. We have lists (and many websites), we have a RALO and others close to establishment. I am the first to admit that I was not in favor of this model, but it is OUR opportunity to show that AL is a force. And we now need to work with what we have, if ICANN is pumping resources into this, we need to show them results. It's up to us to make sure that there are comments and inputs into the policy discussions. Not an easy job (I mean it's easy for us to comment, it's not so easy for us to ensure the ALS constituencies do). May the force be with you! Warm regards, Alan --------------------------------------------- Alan Levin Tel: +27 21 409-7997